Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-07
~YuE PROUD INVALID
..;vc Sermon by Rev. L
Wit Talmagc ON the
D Above Subject.
xot Wish to Make this World
90 So Bright that We Shall Forget
~ the Brighter.
was II. Kings, v. 1: "He was a


the Brighter.
r,o text was II. Kings, '. l. ne WAS u
ing MIR 1aimaSe SAD:
Here w or rheumatlsms, or con>ump-.
rleuflS,,e,,n' with u disease worse than NV
tons ~, 10. ether. A red mark mas come
these p ,,c forehead. precursor OF complete
ou' on ...,.m,nt aud dissolution. h'Ve
dlS''s",,; .a awful 10 tell YOU. Gen. MA
sonie'',, ,n commander in chef OF all inc
man. forces. has the leprosy: y IS on
>. %ands on his lace, on us iee.' on us
bis III. han "erson. The leprosy! Get out OF
entire peg ~ the pestilence! If his breath
the way ON ~ YOU are dead man. The
siliFes ,,1 1 IN chief of all The forces of
Conllla''ss And vet he would be glad to ex-
SYRIA nonJii;ons with the boy ut his
change or The lostler that blankets his
stirI"p Tle news goes like wildtire all
chaist,' ,be realm, and the people arc
thro'snn ,o,ic. and they cry out: as it
SYN M. hat our great hero who shot Ahab,
posi- whom we came with such
and , moi when he returned from victori-
soc,sa a,,ie-can it be possible that our
Gus and glorious Naaman has the lep-
rosy !s Everybody has something he
-. iVss he had not-David, an Absalom to
s s:laraee him: Paul, a thorn to sting him;
d IoL carbnncles to plague him; Samson
Mi nsah to shear him; Ahab. Nabolh 70
DellI h;,,; Hnn1an, Mordecai to irritate
dens G Geo. Washington. childlessness to
hs ni,. him: John Wesley, a termagant wife
ANN ~ .sser him; Leah, weak eyes; Pope.
70 ,.ol back; Byron, club foot; John
c e[!,,"u mind eyes; Charles Lamb, IN in
A Mis- sister; and you, md you, and you.
san 1 ,o,,, something which you never bar
anu anu for and would like 10 get rid of.
s snn ~, on of this is. that God does not
l law This world 10 be too bright; otherwise,
W., S"n would always want to stay and eat these
ssv;ts and lie on these lounges, and shake
I ham1s in this pleasant society. We IRE
n n"s in the YES ibule of a grand temple.
Col Col does nc, want us 10 stay on the door
san and therefore he sends aches, and
s snno and sorrows, and bereave-
ments of AL sorts to push us on and push
ms IN toward liper fruits. aud brighter So
cety. and more radiant properties. God
l. only whipping us ahead. The reason
.na ar Edward ayson and Robert Hall had
more ra,tulous views of Heaven than other
nrople had was because. through their
aches and pains, God pu>h he'd them nenrern up
toit. Ii God lnshes out one of your pictures
Il is only TO show you u brighter one. If
He sting III foot with govt. Your brain
with neuralgia. your tongue with an luck
tipyuishable thirst. it is only because He is
nraparYng to substitute better body than
YOU ever DRAINED of, when the mortal shall
nut on immor allty. 1t is to push you on
and push YOU up toward some thing grander
and better that God sends upon you, as He
did upon Gen. Naalnnn. something you do
not want. Seated in his Syrian mansion
all the walls gl!ttering with the shields
which he had captured in battle; the cor
rilo,s crowded with admitting visitors who
iuft wanted to see him once; music and
mirth and Ianqueting filling all the man.
sion. from tesseatet floor to pictured cell
ine--Nnaman would have forgotten that
been glad to stay there 10000 years. But,
OH how the shields dim, and how The visit
ors fly from the hall. ana how the music
drops dead from The string. and how the
gates of the mansion slam shut with sepul-
chral bang, rs you read the closing words
of the euloeium: HE was q leper! He
was y lepeu!"
There was one person more sympathetic
with Gen. Naaman than any other per.
sou. Naaman's wife walks the floor, wiring.
ing her hands and trying to think what she
can DO to alleviate her husbands suffering
All remedies have failed. The Surgeon
General and the doctors of the Royal Stat
have met, and they have shaken their head.
asmuch as TO say: "No cure, no cure"
think that the office seekers had all folded
np their recommendations and gone home
Probably most of the employees of the
establishment had dropped their work ant
We're thinking of looking for some othe
situation. What shall now become of poo
Naalnans e! She must have sympath,
somewhere. In her despair she goes to
httle Hebrew captive, q servant girl in he.
house, TO whom she tells the whole story
as sometimes, when OVERCOME with III.
sorrows Of the world. and finding NJ
sympathy anywhere else, you have gon,
out and found in the sympathy of som,
humble domestic-Rosa or Dinah or Bird.
eet-a help which the world could not give
You.
What scene it was! One of the grandes
women In all Syria in cabinet council will
waiting maid ov r the declining health o
the mighty General! II know something.
81. says The little captive maid, II know some
mug as she bounds to her bare feet. III
Tue land from which was stolen there is
certain prophet known by the name o
Lilsla, who can cure almost everything
and shouldn't wonder if ne could cure m,
master. Send for him right away" ooh
nush! yon say. off the highest medica
.a!ent IN all the land cannot cure that lepe
inc. mere As no need of your listening to an,
taik OF servant girl" But do not scott
40 not sheer. The finger of that littl.
teapl'Se maid is pointing in the right direc
Won ;. She might have snid: "Ihis is
Judgment on you for stealing me from m,
n u land. Didn't they snatch me off ii
Nue. hue night, breaking my fathers and mother
nsatl' and many a time 1 have laid ant
g gl all night because was SO homesick.
=. lneh flushing up into childish indignation
s .he might have said: GOOD for them; Tn
slaa Mammals got tho leprosy; l wish al
n .nt Syrmns had the leprosy." No. For
s sting her own personal sorrows, sht
ssilPalhlzes with the suffering of he
1 master and recommends him to the famous
Hebrew prophet.
o, ana how often it is that the finger O.
ttLh a has pointed grown persons III
Tue 1ne night direction. o Christian soul. how
long long Is it since that you got rid of thu
, n OF sin? You say: "Let me see. L
WIZ WIS., be five years now" "Five years
p nno was j, that pointed you to the Divin,
1Lliysleian2" "Oh." you say, cit was ny
a a1..e Annie or Fred or Charley, wht
n WI. up on my knees and looked il
NY lace and asked me Whv I didn't Income